Gessica Sakamoto Martini

soooo excited to have a story in the new issue of swamp pink out today! swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/the...

Thank you, Jennifer! 🥰

Thank you so much, Kleopatra! 💜

I’m so pleased to share that my poem “My Mother’s Body” has been nominated for Best of the Net.
I’m beyond grateful to the editors of DMQ Review for this nomination, thank you!! 🙏🏻🧡

So glad to hear it! Thank you, Patience! It was lovely meeting you all!

Thank you so much! ♥️

Thank you so much, Jennifer! I’m so glad to hear it 🥰

Still buzzing from my time at the European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social in Brussels this year! So grateful for the chance to teach a workshop on prose poetry & liminality, speak on a panel about the submission process as an editor, and meet so many inspiring & talented writers! 📚Thank you!

Present Tense by Todd Dillard My father’s telling me about his dog, how it fell into a well when they were walking down a wooded path. His dog ran across some rotted planks, the planks splintered, “And whoosh!” my father says. “No more dog.” I look at the clock and remind my father it’s three A.M. “I’m not finished,” he says. He tells me about the rope he bought, the bucket, how he knotted the rope to the bucket, lowered it down, and yelled for the dog to get in. “But all I pulled up was more barking.” “Dad,” I say. “This never happened.” He says he can’t remember how long he tried to get the dog to shimmy into the bucket. Just that at some point when the sky turned tawny—“Dad—“ as a pitcher of sweet tea—“Dad—“ he decided to give up. “Dad,” I say. “It’s late. I’m tired. And you’re dead.” “Dammit, son,” my father says. “Let me finish!” My father tells me about filling the bucket with dirt and pouring the dirt into the well. And I know what he’s getting at, I know he’s going to tell me bucket by bucket he filled the well and the dog jumped out. He’s going to say something about how the dog led him home through the dark. I know this so loudly I don’t hear, at first, my father’s silence. “Dad?” I say. “Dad, are you there?” I keep lowering the bucket but all I ever pull up are leaves. Red leaves. Lately, some gold.

my issue of Threepenny is here! here’s my poem “Present Tense,” I would love for you to give it a read!

“I know this so loudly I don’t
hear, at first, my father’s silence.”

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Announcing the Winner of Hey Alma’s Second-Ever Fiction Contest - Hey Alma Back in the spring of 2023, when we announced our first-ever fiction contest, we here at Hey Alma dared to ask the question: What is Jewish fiction? Does a story’s characters need to be Jewish? Do its...

Some nice news after months of rejections. I won a competition with a slightly crazy story that I very much enjoyed writing ✍️ ☺️
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Congratulations!!

Thank you!! 🥰

✨ I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be taking over as Editor-in-Chief of Orion’s Belt magazine starting next year. Having started as a first reader and later served as an editor, it’s a great honour for me to step into this role. A deep thank you to Joshua Fagan and the entire team for their support!✨

Get more from Seize The Press Magazine on Patreon creating an anticapitalist dark fiction magazine.

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It’s the only thing that keeps the lights on round here so it’s much appreciated.

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Our 31st and August issue is live!

This issue is a little special, since it wraps up our fourth year as a press.

And I think I speak for all of our volunteers by saying that we're delighted by how much the press has grown, and looking forward to much more on the way.

Check it out:

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My first business card 😻🗻📚 (designed by my husband!)

"The Last Sound of the Moon" by Gessica Sakamoto Martini - Seize The Press There had been a time when people knew that before being ripped away and becoming the land of shadows, dreams, and the abode of immortality, the Moon was home. People said that in her heavy metal core...

You can read Gessica's story, "The Last Sound of the Moon" in Seize the Press issue #7

Gessica Sakamoto Martini reviews "The Family Nightwatchman" by Can Xue | Seize The Press Magazine Get more from Seize The Press Magazine on Patreon

We have a new feature on the Seize the Press patreon where previous magazine contributors give us their short story recommendations! To kick us off, @gessicasakamoto.bsky.social reviews Can Xue's haunting story "The Family Nightwatchman", published in Conjunctions last year.

Take a peek inside our Annual Salon Programme See what's happening in Brussels and around Europe...

Our latest newsletter is out, featuring our big Annual Salon Programme reveal!✨

Check out the speakers, panels, workshops and events we have booked over the 3-day event

PLUS a day of eating, touring and otherwise flaneuring around Brussels🧇

There are still 9 places left—join us!

Super happy to be taking on this role at STP!

Shoreline of Infinity 39 is available this very moment.

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In paperback, PDF and ebook formats.

Includes Dark Matter by Caitriana NicNeacail, the winning story of our @cymerafestival.co.uk / Shoreline of Infinity short story competition

FlashFlood: 'But This is not a Story' by Tommy Dean #nffd2025

Thank you, Lucienne!!☺️

My flash story “The Game” is now out and part of the #flashflood! If you have time, please check it out!

A big thank you to the editors, and happy National Flash Fiction Day!✨ #nffd2025 @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

Delighted to see my slightly silly, slightly cynical, slightly off-the-wall micro in the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social flood!

Please join me in becoming Horatio...

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Thank you, Linnhe! 🥰

Thank you! 💜💜

Another fantastic flash from Gessica, who is running a workshop at our Brussels salon ❤️

Thank you so much for your kind words, Matt! They made my day.